Report of a seminar to assess the effectiveness of ILWS by study of recent trackside staff fatalities (RR-PHY-003)

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 At the request of Dr D.L.Cope, InterCity Permanent Way Engineer, an assessment was made of the likely value of the Inductive Loop Warning System (ILWS) in preventing trackside fatalities. 1.2 Between 1966 and 1991, an average of 12 fatalities due to trackside staff being struck...